âÅWhat is unbelievably depressing about the governmentââ¢s response,â he said, âÅis that they see, in the evidence about greenhouse gases, not an opportunity to promote environmental concern but a chance to make the case for nuclear power. ... Having made a big issue of the greenhouse effect, it became clear that energy efficiency was the best way to deal with it, but ⦠the governmentââ¢s position has been characterised by a malign reluctance to have anything to do with the notion of energy conservation.â